AS12812 — ASN-AUBNET # AS-AUBNET CONVERTED TO ASN-AUBNET FOR RPSL COMPLIANCE Beirut, Lebanon

AS12812 announces 2 IPv4 prefixes covering 1,536 addresses and 0 IPv6 prefixes.

About this network

The AS name contains a changelog entry explaining why the AS name was changed.

What it's used for

• Campus networking for a Lebanese university. 1,536 addresses in two IPv4 prefixes, one observed BGP neighbour, and no IPv6 announced.

Notable

• The AS handle reads, in full: ASN-AUBNET # AS-AUBNET CONVERTED TO ASN-AUBNET FOR RPSL COMPLIANCE Beirut, Lebanon.
• The inventory is 193.188.128.0/22, netname AUBNET, and 185.190.28.0/23, netname LB-AUB-20170215.
• First observed in the routing archive in August 2011.
• Six addresses were sampled and none returned a name.

Interesting

• That handle is a commit message that escaped into production. RPSL is the language routing policies are written in, and it reserved names beginning AS- for sets of autonomous systems — so an object called AS-AUBNET had to be renamed. Somebody documented the rename inside the name field itself, complete with a # comment marker, and every whois lookup has returned the explanation ever since.
• The two blocks are three decades apart in registry practice: one undated netname from the era when a university simply had addresses, one stamped 20170215 from the era when every assignment is recorded to the day.
• One neighbour for a university in a country with limited international capacity is a structural fact rather than a choice. Where transit is scarce and expensive, campuses connect through whichever national provider reaches them, and the routing shows it.

This description is AI-generated, best-effort context — not authoritative, and provided without any guarantee of accuracy.

Announced prefixes

• 185.190.28.0/23
• 193.188.128.0/22

Upstream networks

• AS24634 Transmog Inc S.A.L
• AS39010 TerraNet sal

Adjacent networks

• AS24634 Transmog Inc S.A.L
• AS39010 TerraNet sal